Boeing B-29 Superfortress crash, Dec 26, 1956 (8 killed)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress accident on December 26, 1956 near Talkeetna Alaska, United States with 8 fatalities.

A KB-29P aerial refueling tanker of the 508th Air Refueling Squadron struck Mount Bald in the Talkeetna Mountains about nineteen minutes after leaving Elmendorf AFB for Eielson. The aircraft was fully loaded with fuel and exploded on impact. It was destroyed and all eight crew members were killed.

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